Toilet accessory



May' i, 1923. 1,453,690

V. O CONNELL f TOILET ACCESSORY Filed Aug.l 9, 1922 I will* fifi A INVENTOR V. O Gonne/l BY Q7 A ATTORNEY isv - more necessary implements,

Patented May 1, 1923.

VINCENT ll0CONl'ETiInOlE NEW YORK,11\T. Y. v

TOILET ACCESSORY.'

Application iled'lugiist 9, V129252,. Serial No. 58;0,64'8. Y

To all w hom ti/may concern:

Be it known that I, VINCENT OCoNNnLL, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and I State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in |Toilet Accessories, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in toilet accessories, with particular reference to manicuring requisites, and has as its object to provide a neat compact case suited to be carried in a small pocket or hand bag without inconvenience.

A further object is to hingedly engage7 in the ends of the case,

a number of the each being so mounted that the case acts effectively asa handle for the individual implement turned outward for operative purposes.

Another aim isV in the provision of a convenient and commodious set of encased tools, each being easily accessible and all prevented from displacement.

The objects are secured by the novelconstruction and arrangement of parts hereafter described and shown in the accompanying drawing, forming part of this disclosure, and in Whichz` Figure 1 is a plan view of the toilet case, shown in an open position to disclose its construction and display vthe articles there in, one being extended as for use.

Figure 2 is a side view of the same as closed.

Figure 3 is an edge view thereof, one implement being extended.

Figure 4 is a view looking at the side of the casing carrying the fastenings.

Figure 5 is an end view of the same.

This device, as shown in the drawing, incl udes a pair of thin sheet metal casings substantially alike, each consisting of a plate 10 and 11V having raised flanges v12 and 13 around its Jfour sides, the shape being that of an elongated rectangle.

These two casings are joined alone one of their longer edges by a hinge 14 and carry on their opposite edges leaf springs 15 secured bv rivets 16 near the center of length of each casing.

One of the springs is extended adjacent the inner flange to the right and the other to the left, to points near the end walls, and each spring is pro-vided with cam faced catches 17 engageable, when vthe casev is f are metal blocks' 21 containing pairs o closed, in corresponding openings 1.8.in` the mating, side.

- Also carried by the springs arel exten? sions 19 passingthrough openings 20 in the same flange and adapted to` be pressed inward bv linger contact, thus releasing the casinosidee when if' is desired to open the case.

(lbviouslv when closing the two sides, the catches spring inwardly until they enter the openings provided for them, thus locking i the case. j

Fixed'in the opposite ends of each casing spaced transverse slots 22, these slots being continued completely through adjacent end walls of the casings as at 23, and drilled openings pass at rightangles through the blocks to receive hinge pins 24. Pivoted on these pins, in the slots 22are the. shanks of the various implements, as for instance at one end, a buffer 25 and a knife 26, and at the other end, a le 27 and scissors 28, allot which are so shaped and suited to fold within the walls of the case and allowL it to be closed when not in use.

Each implement may be lindividually extended and when so positioned, the ease 'may be closed, the flanged end opposite the slots, together with' the walls of the slots operating to hold the implement firmly and securely while the closed case acts asl a handle for the manipulation of the implement extended. f i

Obviously other implements may be sub.-` stituted for those shown and vmentioned, and the vcase may be lined with leather or fabric as desired, its exterior being to suit the taste.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A casing comprised of two equal ob-v long rectangular halves, a hinge connecting said halves along one of their longer edges, releasable snap fastenings on the opposite the opposite ends of each half casing, the slots extending through the end walls of the casings, and a plurality of various implements hingedly engaged within the mentioned slots of said blocks, said implements being adapted to extend individually outward or fold withinthe casing. y

2. A casing comprised of two equal oblong rectangular halves,

finished edges of each half, slotted' blocks fixed in a hinge connecting j Shanks being` arranged in pairs at end of the easing, and a plurality of implements formed with said Shanks, said implements when extended being clamped by the other of said half oasings.

In Witness whereof I have affixed my signature.

VINCENT OCONNELL. 

